During 2005 TDM has been a very stable clan with many of populous' greatest players such as Ada1054, Basecoat, Chanaman, Genesis, Joe, Robberdog, RuthlesSpy, Smudgey, Supertribe, Walhallah. Many of those players have been training new players and are contributing in various ways to turn the community into a great place for a great game. A special note for our Smudgey who started organising many tournaments for the community. Not all were a success, but it undoubtedly helped make the community a better and more challenging place.

On November, 11 2005 the domain "www.thedarkmasters.com" was bought. Initially this linked to the avidgamers site.